i am trying to write a script where in it will connect to remote servers and execute remote scripts to fetch some data and ftp it back to a main server. i would like to add a script where it will show some sort of status bar until such time that the expected files have been recieved.

something like:

Getting information on remote servers .................. done!

the "." will not stop until the script find those files (more than 1 file) and print the word "done!" when all of them have been received.

can someone give me an idea?

thanks.